The second of the back to back competitions in the American resort provided athletes with the final chance to go head-to-head before next month's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Xu was attempting to defend the crystal globe she earned last season, having come under threat from Belarus’ Hanna Huskova.

The Chinese athlete sealed the World Cup title by achieving a high score of 112.99 points in the final, with yesterday’s winner Lydia Lassila of Australia finishing second on the night with a total of 93.76.

Lassila’s compatriot Laura Peel completed the podium on the same score as her team-mate, with Huskova fourth on 86.80.

The triumph saw Xu finish the season with 405 points, with Huskova ending back on 361 to end as the overall runner-up.

Burov prevailed in the men’s competition, with the Russian achieving a score of 128.51 points in the final.

Belarus’ Anton Kushnir and Japan’s Naoya Tabara completed the podium with scores of 126.50 and 119.46 points respectively.

Burov’s success saw him leapfrog China’s Jia Zongyang in the standings, ending with totals of 355 and 329 points at the six World Cup competitions.

There was a surprise result in the men’s moguls competition in Quebec, as home favourite Mikael Kingsbury’s winning streak came to an end.

Having won 13 straight World Cups, Kingsbury narrowly finished in second place in front of a home crowd by ending on a total of 93.27 points. 

Japan’s Ikuma Horishima bettered the Canadian’s total, achieving a score of 93.88 points to top the podium at the final World Cup of the season.

Kazakhstan’s Dmitriy Reikherd finished as the bronze medallist on 88.44 points.

Kingsbury still comfortably finished top of the overall World Cup standings with a total of 680 points to Reikherd’s 420.

Canada’s Justine Dufour-Lapointe triumphed in the women’s event with a score of 87.43 points, with her team-mate ending second on 85.35.

Kazakhstan’s Yulia Galysheva claimed the bronze medal with a score of 84.61 points.

The World Cup title was earned by the United States’ Jaelin Kauf, who finished on 436 points to Naude’s 385.

Ski cross competition continued in Nakiska in Canada, with Sweden’s Sandra Naeslund winning the women’s event by triumphing in the big final.

She was followed by the French duo of Marielle Berger Sabbatel and Alizee Baron, with Canada’s Kelsey Serwa missing out on the podium in fourth.

The men’s event saw Germany’s Paul Eckert emerge as the winner as he held off the challenge of Austria’s Christoph Wahrstoetter and Switzerland’s Marc Bichofberger in the final.